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UNITED STATES SAMUEL HOLT SHARP,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

FABRIC-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,948, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed May 9,1896. Serial No. 590,832. (No model.) Patentedin France May 28, 1896,1lo. 266,733; in Germany June 17, 1896,1141.94,517; in Hung 'yJuly l6,1896,N0-7,307; in BelgiumJ'nly 17,1896, No.122,544; inAustria Au ust 12,1896, N0-46/3,l68; in Italy September30,1896,LXXXIII,114; in Spain November 21, 1896,1T0.19,434; in India.April 20, 1897, No 331, and in Canada September 9,1897,1\T0-57,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HOLT SHARP, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England,have invented Improvements in Fabric-Printing Machines, (patented inAustria, No. 46/3,168, dated August 12,1896; in Belgium, No. 122,544,dated July 17, 1896; in Canada, No. 57,362, dated September 9, 1897; inFrance, No. 256,733, dated May 28, 1896; in Germany, No. 94,517, datedJune 17, 1896; in Hungary, No. 7,307, dated July 16, 1896; in Italy,Vol. L-XXXIII, 114, dated September 30, 1896; in India, No. 331, datedApril 20, 1897, and in Spain, No. 19,434, dated November 21, 1896,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus forproducing patterns or designs on textile and felted fabrics and the likeaccording to the method described and claimed in the specification of myPatent No. 538,655, my present object being the production of stripes ofany desired width or widths, or both stripes and dotted lines, orstripes and patterns or designs, onthe fabrics. For this purpose,according to this invention, I employ, in conjunction with the cylinderand presser or pressing device, two or more traveling endless metallictapes or bands, which are kept taut and at the required distance apartand between which the parts of the material on which stripes are to beproduced are caused to enter, the semiliquid composition being thenapplied and caused to enter the material and produce the required stripeor stripes. The said metallic tape or bands, or some of them, aresuitably perforated when it is desired also to produce dotted lines orpatterns or designs other than and additional to the stripe or stripes.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is an elevation, partly insection, of one of the main rollers; and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelyend views of a flange-disk and a distance-piece thereof. Fig. 4 is anelevation of a guide-roller. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively an end viewand side elevation of a guide-bar. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a planand transverse section of a collar, and Figs. 9 and 10 are respectivelya plan and a transverse section of one of the metallic.

flange-disks of the guide-roller shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 11 is a partialside elevation of a fabric-stenciliing machine provided with guidewithguide-bars of the kind shown in Figs. 5

and 6. Fig. 15 is a view of the tapes 33, carrying patterns of differentdesigns.

The main rollers,Fig.1,are each constructed by placing on a shaft 1,having a fixed collar 2 near one end 3, first a metallic distancepiece4, then a metallic flange-disk 5, then another distance-piece 4,followed by another flange-disk 5, and so on until the shaft 1 has beenfilled to the desired extent. Then the whole of the flange-disks anddistance-pieces are firmly secured together by means of a nut 6, screwedon a thread 7, formed on the end 8 of the shaft, and tightened upagainst the collar 2. Two main rollers constructed in this way areprovided in the machine represented in Figs. 11 and 12, one beingmounted in bearings 9 and 10, fixed on the main frames 11 and 12 of themachine, and the other in bearings 13 and 14, secured to movable saddles15 and 16, capable of being moved toward or from the bearings 9 and 10on slides 17 and 18 on the main frames 11 and 12.

The guide-rollers (see Fig. 4) are each constructed, similarly to themain rollers just described, of a shaft 19, metal distance-pieces 20,and metal flange-disks 21, (which are shown to a larger scale in Figs. 7to l0,inclusive,) the whole being held firmly together and tightenedagainst a fixed collar 22 by a nutv23,

screwed on a thread 24, provided on the shaft 19. Two of suchguide-rollers are mounted in bearings 25 25 and 26 26, secured to themain frames 11 and 12 of the machine, Figs. 11 and 12, while a third anda similar guideroller is mounted in bearings 27 27, carried by thebearings 13 and 14, respectively.

The guide-bars 28 (shown in Figs. 5, 6, 13, and 14) are placed acrossthe machine and are secured to the main frames 11 and 12 in lieu of theguide -rollers hereinbefore described. They consist of metal bars havingprojections 29 formed on their upper or under surfaces, theseprojections being equal in width to the required stripes and thedistance 30 between the projections being equal to the distance betweenthe stripes-that is to say, the width of the endless metallic tapes orbands. These guide-bars are used with ribbed main rollers of the kindhereinbefore described or with main rollers 31 and 32, as shown in Figs.13 and 14.

The endless metallic tapes or hands 33,constituting the stencil-sheet,are made from strips of metal of the required Width and thickness, andin order to insure their being of the same length I bend each stripround a former until one end overlaps the other. These ends are thenbrazed or soldered together, and the tape or band formed is then reducedat the joint, so as to be of the same thickness throughout.

When dotted lines, patterns, or designs are to be produced-between thestripes, perforations corresponding thereto are cut or engraved in themetallic tapes or bands.

34: is an endless traveling blanket; 3%, a r0 tary pressing-cylinderarranged between the main guide-rollers 31 and 32, with its upper-v mostpart above the lowermost parts of the said guide-rollers, and roundwhich and a guide-roller 34) the blanket 34 passes, and 36 is aninclined spring or yielding presser arranged transversely above thepressing-cylinder 34 and so as to bear upon the upper surfaces of theunder lengths of the endless tapes, so as to force printing compositionsupplied to such surface through the longitudinal spaces maintainedbetween the tapes and into the fabric,which is fed between the endlesstapes and the blanket and is forced thereby into said spaces.

The endless metallic tapes or bands 33 are placed on the main rollersbetween the flangedisks 5 (when ribbed or flanged rollers are employed)and between the flange-disks 21 on the guide-rollers, and tension isthen applied to them by moving the saddles l5 and 16,with their rollerand bearings 13 and 14, from the roller in the stationary bearings 9 and10, so as to force them and the blanket 34 tightly against the uppersurface of the pressing-cylinder.

Then fabric to be stenciled is passed the tapes, through theperforations therein, when there are any, onto the material by thestationary presser 36.

Vhat I claim is 1. In a fabric-printing machine the combination of aseries of endless, parallel traveling tapes of different designs orpatterns, guiderollers carrying said tapes, means for maintaining themat the requisite distance apart, a pressure-roller carrying an endlesstraveling blanket contacting with the tapes, a presser arranged to bearupon the tapes at said contacting-point and guides for the tapes locatedin front and rear of the presser, substantially as described.

2. In a fabric-printing machine, the combination of guide-rollerscarrying a series of parallel endless traveling tapes, a pressurerollercarrying an endless traveling blanket, a presser located above thepressure-roller and arranged to bear upon the tapes at their point ofcontact with the blanket and spaced guide-bars located just in front andrear of the pressure-roller, substantiallyas described.

3. In a fabric-printing machine, the combination of ribbed guide-rollerscarrying a series of parallel endless, travelingtapes,a pressure-rollercarrying an endless traveling blanket contacting at the highest part ofthe pressure-roller, spaced guide-bars for the tapes located in thefront and rear of the point of contact of the tapes and blanket and apresser located above said point, substantially as described.

4. In a fabric-printing machine, the combination of main rollers formedwith guideflanges, and one of which is movable toward and from theother, auxiliary guiding devices arranged in proximity to said rollers,endless tapes or bands passing around said rollers and guiding devicesand held apart thereby, an endless traveling blanket, apressing-cylinder arranged to force said blanket against the lowersurface of the under lengths of said tapes, and a presser arranged abovethe said pressing-cylinder and bearing upon the under lengths of saidendless tapes, substantially as described and shown for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL HOLT SHARP.

\Vitnesses:

ROBERT EDWIN PEACOCK CRAVEN, DAVID EDWIN CRAVEN.

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